Backgammon online guide

Welcome to my backgammon online guide. Here you find the basic knowledge about this fascinating game and the main backgammon strategies.

I am a passionate backgammon and chess player for more than 30 years. In my young years I won some tournaments and titles in both diciplines.

As a father i know that the youth don't taking advices from old geezers :) But I write it anyway.

Backgammon (played with the doubling cube) is a strategy game, no gambling! To win against his buddies or his granny, does not necessarily mean to be a good player in the big wide world. Who believes backgammon has to do with luck, will be surprised how much bad luck he has against a champion. Please be aware about that, if you play for real money.

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Common Backgammon Strategies

Due to its popularity as a skill game a number of strategies have evolved that can help control the flow of the game. Whilst quite rightly some experts are reluctant to share their strategies there are a few established methods that you can work on to improve your game.

Move your pieces as quickly as possible around the board. You may think this goes without saying but you will be surprised at how many people just sit back and let their pieces be hit. Don’t focus on just one piece and you will have a better chance of surviving.

One of the most popular techniques used by backgammon experts is called "priming" which involves building a six point wall around your opponents pieces which stops them from moving. This is commonly used with a technique called "anchoring" where you leave some of your pieces on your opponent's board to stop them moving whilst you build up your wall.

A bit of research into the "Opening Game" will enable you to decide the outcome of the game almost from the off. Many people pour years of research in finding out the best techniques for most situations.

There is a reason why backgammon is one of the most popular skill games in the world. Like chess it is easy for a casual player to get involved, but once you start looking at the game in depth it has a real sense of complexity to it which is not matched in most other board games. If you are looking for something to get your brain working than a quick game of backgammon should help, you can either purchase the board game in a shop or head online to face thousands of other players.

Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games in the world. It was invented over 5,000 years ago. The earliest backgammon board has been found in Persia which has been dated to around 3,000 BC. There is further evidence that the game spread throughout Egypt and Rome around the same time. The rules have hardly changed during this time. Perhaps one of the keys to this board games longevity is the fact it doesn’t rely on luck as much as other board games, to play backgammon effectively you will need a lot of skill like the German grandmaster Markus Doeve. No game is ever the same and there are always techniques that you can be using to improve yourself as a player. Let’s take a little bit of a look at what is involved in Backgammon as well as common strategies that are employed by the players.

The basic object of the game is to remove all your pieces from the board before you opponent does. The skill in the game is blocking or hitting your opponents stopping them from removing their pieces. This game is simple to learn within a few ages, but it does take an age to master. Many mathematicians and scientists have studied a typical game of backgammon and in the same way as chess come up with computer software capable of playing effectively against a human opponent.

In addition to the basic game there are many variants of it played throughout the world which add an extra degree of challenge. In fact, some geographic regions have particular variants of this game that are not played anywhere else which in turn brings a different sort of skill set to the main game. Popular variants include Acey-Deucey, Hypergammon, Nackgammon and Russian Backgammon. Casual players may prefer lighter versions where only five checkers are in used by players on the board.